Cricket books for the non-cricketer
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Salted_Peanut said:
Are there any cricket-related books you’d recommend for a non-cricketer?
I’m not a cricketer, but I'm reading and enjoying Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld. What other cricket books would work for a layperson like me?
Tales From A Long Room. Peter Tinniswood.I’m not a cricketer, but I'm reading and enjoying Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld. What other cricket books would work for a layperson like me?
Fibber in the Heat - Miles Jupp
"Fanatical about cricket since he was a boy, Miles Jupp would do anything to see his heroes play. But perhaps deciding to bluff his way into the press corps during England's Test series in India wasn't his best idea."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fibber-Heat-Miles-Jupp-eb...
Fire in Babylon: How the West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet - Simon Lister
'I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history.'
Clive Lloyd
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00WDP9EUW/ref...
A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life - Simon Hughes
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lot-Hard-Yakka-Triumph-Cr...
Slipless In Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket - Harry Pearson
Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the YearWinner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year
"Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate and outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff and Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie and mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, and a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner ."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slipless-Settle-Around-No...
"Fanatical about cricket since he was a boy, Miles Jupp would do anything to see his heroes play. But perhaps deciding to bluff his way into the press corps during England's Test series in India wasn't his best idea."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fibber-Heat-Miles-Jupp-eb...
Fire in Babylon: How the West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet - Simon Lister
'I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history.'
Clive Lloyd
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00WDP9EUW/ref...
A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life - Simon Hughes
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lot-Hard-Yakka-Triumph-Cr...
Slipless In Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket - Harry Pearson
Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the YearWinner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year
"Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate and outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff and Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie and mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, and a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner ."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slipless-Settle-Around-No...
Edited by lancslad58 on Friday 20th September 03:54
Second "Fire in Babylon", also superbly adapted to film. "Beyond a Boundary" is a (perhaps the) classic, and particularly springs to mind as one I've heard non-fans speak highly of. Also "The Art of Captaincy" by Mike Brearley is pretty interesting and insightful in applying lessons from his time as captain to leadership and just generally getting the best out of people in life.
Glad I stumbled across this anyway as that Miles Jupp one had somehow passed me by and I've always enjoyed him on radio so picked it up.
Glad I stumbled across this anyway as that Miles Jupp one had somehow passed me by and I've always enjoyed him on radio so picked it up.
Russ35 said:
Penguins Stopped Play - Harry Thompson
11 village cricketers (Captain Scott Invitation XI) decide to play a game of cricket on each of the 7 continents.
Seconded.11 village cricketers (Captain Scott Invitation XI) decide to play a game of cricket on each of the 7 continents.
I also recommend ‘Fatty Batter’ by Michael Simkins.
‘This hilarious story of one man's lifelong obsession with cricket takes readers from the early awkward days as a fat boy growing up in a Brighton sweet shop to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates still chasing the sweet spot. In this story, cricket offers a shelter from life's irksome realities and a place in which to quietly dream. That place is a peculiarly English arcadia of occasional wondrous beauty, forests of comforting statistics and the endless life-affirming rituals of defeat, humiliation and disappointment—the perfect net practice for life‘
Does Mike Brearley's The Art of Captaincy: What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership work?
ETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
ETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
jet_noise said:
Does Mike Brearley's The Art of Captaincy: What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership work?
ETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
Couldn’t finish it heavy goingETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
milesgiles said:
jet_noise said:
Does Mike Brearley's The Art of Captaincy: What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership work?
ETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
Couldn’t finish it heavy goingETA: A +1 for Fibber in the Heat.
milesgiles said:
jet_noise said:
I'll shut up then
Correction, it was actually “turning over the pebbles”Extremely heavy going lol
I suggested t'Art of Captaincy as cricket is the illustrated example Brearley uses for the wider picture. Helps to know some of the England team he captained though.
jet_noise said:
Ah. I haven't read that. If it's in the library I'll have a go.
I suggested t'Art of Captaincy as cricket is the illustrated example Brearley uses for the wider picture. Helps to know some of the England team he captained though.
Must be an easier read with something relatable as the focus, CricketI suggested t'Art of Captaincy as cricket is the illustrated example Brearley uses for the wider picture. Helps to know some of the England team he captained though.
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